Shield-holder for cultivators.



G. H. FLINT.

SHIELD HOLDER FOR CULTIVATORS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.29.1914.

l, 1 1 03048. Patented sept. 8, 1914.

im :ugl .me/wko). GEORGE l-l. PUNT AWS c :1 .ready i rw HATCH 'ELNT, OF BELLFLOXVE,

Speciceton of Letters Patent.

Application ler April 29, 1914i. Serial No. l.

sm: ll vom. the rolling 0i lzlie disks pressesv the dirt against lie shields and lifts there allieve the cern unless the si e'i idly lielxl duim, :ind when the right height? '-121 e dis dirt up under the. shields around the com.

.The elrieet 0i' the present imeesion is im und praeticel manner so is comliine the shields with lle arch es to permit ol' their being` readily adjusted be any degree io insure pretesti@ of 'iie `[einig plants, and to accomplish this result Withent necessitating any ereieded change in the structural arrangement @ieri ordinary cultivzitor empleyinf zireli and shields of the character described.

`With the .above and @ber obje ss in View,

as will appear es the nature of the invention is better understood, the same con- Sists in the novel construction, and combineq tion of part-s or e shield holder for eultiveters, es will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

in lie sccompimviiig drawing, forming n pairs er" this s mies, and which like characters designate ser responding pars: rear elevation fr? a, euli eser, showing 'Clie improvements of lie presen; i'iivexiien plied thereto, +he enizivetor being" indiesrted by dotted lines; Vig. i2 is n side elevaion oi the shield etziclii'rieii. 3 is e detailed sectional View mls-n en the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. i

Referring te *me drawing, l designates the arch of the euliv-li'ter, 2 tlie 'frame for the wheel axles, 3 'the ordinary drew bars that connect the disk carrying frames with lie invent-ion be! Figure l is view in' the frame elf and es these n i nime., and s we disks isles iii nevel e Aandere Smgiw The presen; im* manner ci su n1-esl .i l

Yrom lie er( riveli' 'Ude taining the sliie The shields mm KJ o2. i y preieri ,d een? m7 and ere carried by 7n angle irene ere--rniiy m riifeed te i" mid hold lle isiei in paralleli. upper ends ef i s (iv-erw are o "iieedie reeewe eye leelz'?" i :f5

of a iipier i which is ihrem ble its adjusted pesibion.' 1re order eee the rear portions of the shields egeiis s reading und also held rhein irpsraillelism there is Conneeed 'te each shield, edieeeiii its rear end, angle ners 16, simLer e Elie bars G, the upper ends of which everlziii :is indicated at l? and :ireiield zissem bled by belt throng lapped parts 1 Frein the foregeing descrip-Zien il. wiii -be seen that iii order-t0 apply the inve@ iimi to am ordinary eultimtor gievided wifn n n iii-eh, i will only be necessary te pre vide the lutter wili un orifice te receive the eye lmlt und 'then position he red l2, nuts 15 md shields.

The ixmlirm'erzieiits nre simple in elimziC-ter and will lie found thoroughly eectire for the pmpe-H designed, and in operatiun positively shield yeung plens from iiijury.

iftving thus described my invei'ition, what tiene. is:

The Combination with the arch of e eultii'ator, an eye boit removably arranged in the Crest of the arch, e threaded 'rod eX- tendng through the eye boit having en eje :termed upon its lower end, jam nuts arranged upon the threaded' rod and upon opposite of the bolt, a pair of Shields arranged in spaced paialel relation and braced :it their rem' ends, angle irons se mired to the sides of the shields and extending; over the top thereof, an eye bolt Luce/iii extending through the angle irons, jam nuts arranged upon the eye bolt und nl'l-anged upon opposite sides of the :ingle irene, and. the eye of the threaded red. bei; conn Ctef in the eye bolt whereby the shields held against lifting In testimony whereof hereunto etix. my signature in the presence of two wit-netsw.

GEURGE HATCH FL'NT.

Witnesses G. (Linsen, H. F. HELMICK. 

